Reddit mentions: The best swing jazz music

Yep. Sometimes a CD on Amazon is cheaper than buying it digital. Its not punk but just for comparisons sake (and to expand your horizons with amazing music), check out the price difference between the CD and download of Glenn Miller's Greatest Hits. The CD is 6.99, and the MP3 album is 8.99. Or check out Recipe for Hate, the CD is 7.99, and the MP3 album is 9.49. Social Distortion s/t is 6.99 vs 9.99. Plus on Amazon, a lot of these CDs include a free MP3 version of the album anyway, so you don't even have to transfer it to your computer when you get the CD.

I also don't know if thrift shops count, but they can be a great source for punk music. I used to go to shows at a punk venue that was two doors down from a thrift shop. There was usually an awesome selection of punk CDs there.

He went big bandy not long after the era you are referring to, but there is a collection of small group sessions from the late 30's.

There's also this collection to check out.

My personal favorite is the Blanton-Webster band which is generally considered the best of his bands and some of his most adventurous writing. Here's a nice write up on this collection. While he had a big band line-up and sometimes did music that fit that mold, I personally find all of Duke's music to be far more complex and interesting than anything else considered big band. There's so much to bite into in even his most poppy arrangements that it's all very satisfying.


A freak soloist in these bands to keep your eye out for is Ray Nance, who sang as well as played trumpet and violin very well. He was quite a character.

He did a very good job with a certain sort of relaxing jazz. Good stuff. And there's Brubeck and Goodman and Ellington and Basie and others. For some fine stuff that's more energizing than relaxing, check out Neal Hefti's arrangements for Count Basie in The Complete Atomic Basie or, even perhaps better, Count Basie and His Orchestra Play Neal Hefti. Indeed, these same arrangements are well done by The Frank Capp Juggernaut in In a Hefti Bag. Great stuff.

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The song featured in this video is Paddlin' Madelin Home which was quite the hit in the 20s!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaAhE0UBuqE
The version used in the video comes from the wonderful Chaleston Chasers who have put out a very spirited rendition.
https://www.amazon.com/Steaming-South-Charleston-Chasers/dp/B000009D54
I'd also recommend giving Max Raabe a watch if you enjoyed the track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUc0p3iBdOQ
I don't own the rights to this recording, however it never fails to put a smile on my face. :D

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I would recommend that you start here. This is from the Ken Burns Jazz documentary and nicely highlights the Duke's catalog (with an emphasis on his earlier period). If you hear something you like I would use that as a jumping off point into his full discography.

My other favorite albums include Ellington at Newport, Mood Indigo, Caravan, and just about any of his live recordings. As with most music, there is nothing more electrifying than listening to the back and forth between outstanding musicians and the audience. Have fun exploring, there is a lot to choose from!

The dopest early collection of Ellington, Mrs. Clinkscales to the Cotton Club, is currently out of print and is stupid expensive on Amazon. However, PM me and I'll share the mp3s with you in googledrive. I also have a mix of my 12 favorite songs if you just want to hear the cream of the crop.

That collection is I think all of his recordings from 1924-1929, featuring all his work with the great Bubber Miley, his first great soloist. Also, it is remastered by the legendary John RT Davies, so you know you're getting the best sound quality.

After that, covering 1929-1940, is a collection called [Vol. 2: The Cotton Club to Sweden] (https://www.amazon.com/Dukes-Middle-Years-1926-1929/dp/B000TWI81C/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1). It's not complete, but it's a 4-CD compilation from the 30s.

Another collection that is highly revered is the Blanton-Webster Band ca. 1940-42. Many consider this his greatest band. For me personally, I prefer the 1920s Bubber Miley band.

Honestly the Ken Burns Jazz collection is probably a decent overview of his entire career.

Resonance Records finds a lot of excellent but previously unreleased recordings and issues them in nice sets. For instance, they have this Thad Jones/Mel Lewis orchestra set as well as this Jaco Pastorius big band set.

For a more recent big bands/large ensemble recording, there's Maria Schneider's The Thompson Fields.

If considering them, take a listen to the samples to see how it compares to what you know he likes. For instance, if his big band tastes are more in line with 30s/40s swing, these may not be a big hit.

Finally, I was mainly thinking of releases from the last few years to reduce tha chance he already has them. If you want a couple classic big band albums, there are The Complete Atomic Basie and Ellington at Newport.

> When you have so many young people swing dancing, why not throw in some younger music every now and then?

You're right! Let's!

Here's some standard music played by modern bands with great sound quality:

• Michael Gamble & The Rhythm Gamblers: https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Gamble-Rhythm-Serenaders/dp/B01GQZD5SG
  
  
• Jonathan Stout & His Campus Five: https://www.amazon.com/Rhythm-Jonathan-Campus-featuring-Alexander/dp/B0006A4KNM/ref=ntt_mus_dp_dpt_1
  
  
• Gordon Webster: https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/gordonwebster22
  
  
• The Rhythm Gamblers: https://therhythmgamblers.bandcamp.com/album/the-rhythm-gamblers
  
  You might say: Those are modern bands, but they're still playing all the songs I knew! What I really want is new songs altogether. Okay!
  
  
• Glenn Crytzer's Savoy Seven: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/glenncrytzerssavoyseven3
  
  
• Jonathan Doyle Quintet: https://jonathandoyle.bandcamp.com/album/the-fed-hop
  
  
• Joe Smith & The Spicy Pickles: https://joesmithandthespicypickles.bandcamp.com/album/high-fidelity
  
  
• Jeremy Mohney: https://jeremymohneymusic.bandcamp.com/album/smile-a-while
  
  No you still don't understand /u/AFistfulOfAww, what I really really want to do is dance to music that doesn't swing, but with the same-ish shapes that I learned in Lindy Hop classes!
  
  
• You'll fit right in at /r/westcoastswing! The dance shares our origin, and it is danced to all kinds of different music. Last I heard they even have some Zouk influence these days!

I actually dont know 20s stuff so much. This is 3CD I have - $10 used! https://www.amazon.com/Blanton-Webster-Band-Duke-Ellington/dp/B000003EO4 It's really great, honestly, I love the Juan Tizol compositions especially.

Duke Ellington - Three Suites. Not strictly Christmas, but it's got a great jazz take on the Nutcracker Suite to start off with. Plus, the rest is Duke Ellington, which is great.

Though there are great recordings throughout his career, Duke's best band, and his most creative period, is generally considered to be the early '40's with the 'Blanton-Webster Band'. Any compilation of that band will do - this one, for example.

Duke Ellington at Fargo

Basically, a kid showed up an recorded a live concert and radio spot in 1940. Captures Ellington at the height of his popularity (if you can pack a room in Fargo, North Dakota, you know you're popular). Many great songs. My favorite is "Harlem Airshaft".

Benny Goodman Trio and Quartet live recordings from 1937 is so very great. You can hear the crowd is several of the recordings cheering on Hampton and Teddy Wilson, singing along and generally making it SOUND like the party I am sure it was 80 years ago.

1. Beach Boys - Endless Summer (It was my godmother's favorite album as a teen, and it became mine too.)
   
2. Blast from the Past" soundtrack (It's cooler than you'd expect!)
   
3. matchbox twenty - Mad Season (the first CD I bought that had modern music and wasn't a soundtrack)
   
4. Matchbox 20 - Yourself or Someone Like You
   
5. "City of Angels" soundtrack (even though I never did get to see the movie)
   
   
   Honorable Mentions:
   x. Elton John - One Night Only
   x. Billy Joel - Innocent Man

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Not entirely sure it was been the best idea ever. I'll be FLABBERGASTED if this works...

Time will tell ;)

this might be fun

Jazz - Count Basie - Fun Time

Metal - Soilwork - Observation Slave

Alternative Metal - Anything By TooL - Lateralus is my favorite

Classic Rock - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

"Nu Jazz" - Parov Stelar - CatGroove

More Metal - Mastodon - Oblivion

For something a bit earlier I really like Fats Waller's solo piano stuff:
https://www.amazon.com/Turn-Heat-Waller-Piano-Solos/dp/B000002W3T/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1517944838&sr=8-6

It's a little more varied than the real early by-the-rules jazz/ragtime stuff (so your friends won't accuse you of listening to theme park music... maybe!)

FYI, the Ellington album is called Three Suites.